title: [Color-coded Doppler sonography of the carotid artery].
abstract: A total of 844 patients were evaluated to compare the value of ultrasonography and color-flow Doppler and to demonstrate the advantage presented by the latter method. In 89%, color-flow assessment was in complete agreement with the duplex assessment. In the remaining 11%, important additional results were discovered in the color-flow examination. Non-stenotic plaques were seen more often (43%) in the wide carotid bulb; stenotic plaques and occlusion were found more often (66% and 82%) in the internal carotid artery. Color-flow Doppler allows the sonomorphological (plaques, stenoses, occlusion) and functional parameters (turbulences, flow enhancement) to be studied at the same time.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für diagnostische Radiologie, II. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Wien.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Schwaighofer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trattnig
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Farbkodierte Doppler-Sonographie der Arteria carotis.